Hamilton Orchards sign

Hamilton Orchards is located on West Street in New Salem, off Massachusetts Route 202 North of Belchertown and South of Orange. Follow the signs by the side of the road.

Hamilton Orchards Roadside sign

Check the Picking Weather.

Thanks for your business.

 From Our Family to Yours

The Apple Barn is our summertime beehive of activity at Hamilton Orchards. We've expanded it greatly since we first built the barn in 1977. Here you will find our own fresh fruit in season, homemade pies, apple dumplings, cider, donuts and a large selection of  preserves including jams, apple butter, apple sauce and candies including fudge.

Hamilton Orchards
 Barb Hamilton
25 West Street, New Salem, MA 01355
(978) 544-6867

Our founder, Bill Hamilton, passed away in March of 2007 after owning and operating our orchard as a young man, starting in 1941 at age 15. We are planning to continue with his life's work here in the New Salem highlands and we will be opening on schedule on July 21.

Pumpkins

Fall is also pumpkin season at Hamilton Orchards. Choose a delicious sugar pumpkin for pie or as a centerpiece for a fall decoration, For the kids, we have Jack-o-Lantern pumpkins to light up your Halloween.

Hours - CLOSED FOR THE SEASON

Open Every Day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Our Snack Bar

Enjoy the food in our snack bar and try our famous pie a-la-mode when you want to take a break from Pick Your Own. Our outdoor picnic tables are available in fair weather.

Petting Zoo

You and your children will enjoy getting to know the animals in our petting "zoo."

Fall raspberries are ready for picking about the first of September and produce a prolific crop until they are killed by freezing weather in October.

The Orchard is Closed November December, January and February March and April, May and June.

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Greenfield Recorder
Petersham Common
Orange Town Green
Athol Daily News

Closed for the Season,

See You the middle of Next July

You can find our fresh berries and home-baked pastries until Thanksgiving at Farmer's Markets in

Boston   
Copley Square Tuesdays & Fridays - 11:00 AM -- 6:00 PM

City Hall on Cambridge St. Wednesdays - 11:00 AM -- 6:00 PM

Amherst Farmers' Market on the Common - Saturdays from 7 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

People picking apples

No matter whether it's berries or apples, all the members of your family can enjoy a country outing and pie a la mode at the snack bar.

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Fall Foliage

The sugar maple trees at Hamilton Orchards blaze with color in the fall. The hills surrounding our orchards present New England's fall colors in their full majestic beauty, A walk to the top of Serenity Hill, where our fall raspberries are waiting to be picked, offers an even more spectacular view of the Quabbin Reservoir Reservation where eagles and other wildlife abound.